Brigitte Bernard-Rau is a postdoctoral researcher and fellow in the School of Business, Economics, and Social Sciences at the University of Hamburg, Germany. She obtained her PhD in Management Sciences at Radboud University in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Her research focuses on ESG (environmental, social and governance) rating agencies, ESG ratings, Sustainable Finance, Socially Responsible Investing, Impact Investing, and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Having experience in international business development and serving as an ESG analyst at oekom research AG (now ISS-ESG), she also worked at the Cooperation Aid Directorate of the European Commission, now part of the Directorate-General for International Partnerships. Dr. Bernard-Rau is a graduate of ACI-NEGOCIA (Novancia Business School) Paris, France, and holds an LL.M. in European Comparative Law from the University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain.